Waldon School, Ahdoolo, Matthew Henson play

"Ahdoolo" - The Story of Matthew Henson

Page 3 - Going to the North Pole!


Dominique Washington stands next to her fan of streamers used during the weather scene to simulate the dangerous conditions on the ice pack.	Matthew Henson and Robert Peary look at the map aboard the Roosevelt to find their location as they sail to Greenland.	Darenzo Nettles (left) Mikia Matthews (center) and Richo McLaine (right) at the overhead projector. Mikia explains latitude and longitude.	Matthew Henson rests beside his igloo. He is thinking about the night coming quickly, the long months of darkness, of quiet and cold.	Matthew talks to his friends, the Eskimos (Inuits). He shares with them the exciting news, "We have come for what we hunt!" They have reached the North Pole!